RE: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-fax-gateway-protocol-07.txt

Section 4.1 says:

   An onramp gateway MUST have the function that the onramp gateway
   receive facsimile data from facsimile device over GSTN, then
   generated Internet fax is sent to appropriate IFAX devices or PC by
   the onramp gateway. How to transmit data from an onramp gateway to
   IFAX devices MUST based on [3].

Note that no onramp actually follows this MUST requirement.
Specifically, the onramp does not "send to appropriate ifax
device or PC".  Rather, the onramp sends the message to a
mail transfer agent, and the mail transfer agent itself (or
several of them) are involved in eventually transferring the
mail to the ifax device.  If a PC, the mail transfer agent
isn't involved in this final transfer, but the mail retrieval
program is involved (POP server or IMAP server).

Please clarify the text in the I-D.


In section 4.2.0, I suggest that the following be added:


  If a GSTN number transmitted as part of the local-part
  of the email address, it SHOULD be in the global-phone
  format.

Myself, I would prefer MUST, but such a strict requirement may
be too difficult to agree on in this working group.


Regarding authorization, is section 5 normative, or is
section 3.3 normative?

In section 3.3, you need to clearly describe the "X-Header".
You also need to provide a reference to S/MIME -- it is
mentioned here in section 3.3, but there needs to be a
normative or informational reference to S/MIME.

-d





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> 	Title		: Internet FAX Gateway Functions
> 	Author(s)	: K. Mimura, K. Yokoyama, T. Satoh, C. Kanaide
> 	Filename	: draft-ietf-fax-gateway-protocol-07.txt
> 	Pages		: 10
> 	Date		: 26-Mar-02
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> An Internet FAX Gateway provides functions which translate facsimile
> between the general switched telephone network (GSTN) the Internet.
> This document provides information on recommended behaviors for
> Internet FAX Gateways Functions for email-based Internet fax.
> In this context, an Offramp means facsimile data transmission to the
> GSTN from the Internet, and onramp means facsimile data transmission
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> PCs on the Internet and FAX terminal on GSTN.
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